Sustainability

NEW YORK--As issues of corporate governance continue to rock Wall Street firms, the nation's largest pension fund is once again coming under fire. At the CREF annual meeting, advocacy groups are joining shareholders to demand that TIAA-CREF -- the $...

MINNEAPOLIS - From new forms of rigorous and honest environmental auditing, to ownership structures designed to support social mission, socially responsible business has evolved into a hopeful array of dynamic and diverse forms, each with a differen...

ISRAEL--Egged, the largest public transportation company in Israel, has recently released its first environmental report for 2002. This is the first report in Israel to follow Global Reporting Initiative guidelines. In doing so, Egged is leading a s...

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London, UK - How a nation deals with social and environmental issues has a direct impact on its national economic competitiveness and growth prospects. Nations that fail to address Corporate Responsibility issues expose businesses to potential costs such as those asso...

Geneva, Switzerland – With total coverage of 102 economies worldwide and produced for the third consecutive year, The Global Information Technology Report has become the world’s leading assessment of the impact of information technology on the development of ec...

A report published recently by Arthur D. Little and Business in the Community (BITC) concludes that addressing Corporate Responsibility can help companies build market share, control risks, attract staff, stimulate innovation, gain access to cash, reduce costs and imp...

Abuja, Nigeria - Abuja: “Neither business nor government can achieve sustainable development alone. This can only be accomplished through partnership.”

Dr Mohan Kaul, Chairman of the Commonwealth Business Council, was spea...

Geneva, Switzerland - Coinciding with World AIDS Day, a new report from the World Economic Forum's Global Health Initiative suggests that business is not yet playing a significant role in the fight against HIV/AIDS. According to UNAIDS in 2003, another five million pe...

Geneva, Switzerland - On November 17th the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) published a paper on the response of the corporate sector to the HIV/AIDS pandemic in developing countries. It presents results and analysis from the first glo...